Mark Twain - Quiz
A) Samuel Clemens B) William Shakespeare C) John Adams D) Thomas Jefferson
A) Texas B) New York C) Missouri D) California
A) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B) The Great Gatsby C) Pride and Prejudice D) Moby Dick
A) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court B) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer C) The Innocents Abroad D) Life on the Mississippi
A) 1876 B) 1885 C) 1900 D) 1850
A) The Prince and the Pauper B) Huckleberry Finn C) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer D) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A) I have a dream. B) To be or not to be, that is the question. C) All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. D) The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
A) Lawyer B) Farmer C) Doctor D) Riverboat Pilot
A) Louisa May Alcott B) Emily Dickinson C) Harriet Beecher Stowe D) Olivia Langdon
A) Ben Rogers B) Tom Blankenship C) Joe Harper D) Huck Finn
A) 1910 B) 1900 C) 1920 D) 1930
A) Hartford, Connecticut B) Chicago, Illinois C) New York City, New York D) Los Angeles, California
A) 1894 B) 1865 C) 1876 D) 1884
A) Typewriter B) Paige Compositor C) Printing press D) Steamboat engine
A) Henry Huttleston Rogers B) Orion Clemens C) Grant Marsh D) Charles Dudley Warner
A) Pleasant Hannibal Clemens B) Orion Clemens C) Henry Clemens D) Benjamin Clemens
A) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court B) King Leopold's Soliloquy C) Pudd'nhead Wilson D) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
A) The Civil War B) The Spanish-American War C) World War I D) The Revolutionary War
A) Nevada Belle B) Mississippi Queen C) A. B. Chambers D) Hannibal Clipper
A) Virginia City Territorial Enterprise B) American Anti-Imperialist League C) International Typographical Union D) Society for Psychical Research
A) Explosion B) Pneumonia C) Heart attack D) Colonialism
A) 1861 B) 1867 C) 1864 D) 1870
A) New York B) A mining town in Virginia C) The Mormon community in Salt Lake City D) San Francisco
A) Miner on the Comstock Lode B) Stagecoach driver C) Teacher D) Journalist at Territorial Enterprise
A) Samuel Clemens B) Charles Langdon C) Mark Twain D) Dan DeQuille
A) "Letter From Carson – re: Joe Goodman; party at Gov. Johnson's; music" B) "Roughing It" C) "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" D) "The Innocents Abroad"
A) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court B) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer C) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D) Roughing It
A) A Mediterranean cruise B) His journey across the Great Plains C) His experiences in Angels Camp, California D) A trip to Hawaii
A) New-York Tribune B) Sacramento Union C) The Saturday Press D) Territorial Enterprise
A) Reporter B) Editor C) Travel agent D) Photographer
A) New York City B) Buffalo, New York C) Hartford, Connecticut D) Elmira, New York
A) Harriet Tubman B) Frederick Douglass C) Sojourner Truth D) W.E.B. Du Bois
A) Self-pasting scrapbook B) History trivia game C) Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments D) Paige typesetting machine
A) Alexander Graham Bell B) George Westinghouse C) Thomas Edison D) Nikola Tesla
A) Honolulu, Hawaii B) Fiji C) Australia D) New Zealand
A) Following the Equator B) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court C) The Innocents Abroad D) Life on the Mississippi
A) Dorothy Quick B) Ina Coolbrith C) George Washington Cable D) Henry Rogers
A) Bataan Death March B) Battle of Manila Bay C) Moro Crater Massacre D) Siege of Baler
A) Ulysses S. Grant B) Henry Huttleston Rogers C) Thomas Lounsbury D) Charles L. Webster
A) Labor rights. B) Prohibition. C) Women's suffrage. D) Abolition of slavery.
A) $471,000 B) $300,000 C) $600,000 D) $750,000
A) Tulane University B) Newberry Library C) St. Louis Mercantile Library D) Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
A) Jean B) Livy C) Susy D) Clara
A) Harper's Bazaar B) The Atlantic Monthly C) Collier's Weekly D) Scribner's Magazine
A) The Ash Ranch Press B) Charles L. Webster and Company C) Harper & Brothers D) The American Publishing Company
A) 'I confiscated the ancient mariner's discarded one.' B) 'It was a gift from Captain Sellers himself.' C) 'He gave me permission to use it.' D) 'I created it independently without any influence.'
A) Louis XVI B) Danton C) Marat D) Robespierre
A) 'Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass' B) 'John Snook' C) 'Josh' D) 'Sieur Louis de Conte'
A) The New York Saturday Press B) The Territorial Enterprise C) The Virginia Daily Union D) The San Francisco Alta California
A) Presbyterian B) Catholic C) Methodist D) Baptist
A) 1916 B) 1884 C) 1907 D) 1895
A) Four B) Three C) One D) Two
A) Scribner's Magazine B) Atlantic Monthly C) Harper's Magazine D) The Century Magazine
A) The Life of John Sterling B) French Revolution C) Sartor Resartus D) On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History
A) Egypt B) India C) South Africa D) the Congo Free State
A) "Die Schrecken der Deutschen Sprache" B) "Das Wunder der Französischen Sprache" C) "Der Zauber des Englischen" D) "Die Freude der Italienischen Sprache"
A) Libertarian B) Democratic C) Republican D) Independent
A) Chronicling historical events B) Writing political essays C) Writing light, humorous verse D) Creating scientific literature
A) 1908 B) 1910 C) 1906 D) 1904
A) Implementing stricter plagiarism laws B) Reducing taxes on authors' incomes C) Extending copyright protection to the author's lifetime plus 50 years. D) Creating public domain status for older works
A) Robert Louis Stevenson B) Jane Austen C) George Eliot D) James Fenimore Cooper
A) Jacobin B) Bourbon C) Girondin D) Sansculotte
A) Keynesian economics B) Socialism C) Protectionism D) Laissez faire
A) Shakespeare Society, Literary Lions B) Authors' Club, Beefsteak Club, Vagabonds C) Dramatists Guild, Comedy Enthusiasts D) Poets' Circle, Humorists' Haven
A) Writing in a formal, academic tone B) Rendering colloquial speech C) Focusing solely on abstract themes D) Using complex, archaic language
A) San Francisco Alta California B) Sacramento Union C) Virginia Daily Union D) New York Saturday Press
A) vice-president B) president C) secretary D) treasurer
A) 'John Snook' B) 'Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass' C) 'Josh' D) 'Sieur Louis de Conte'
A) University of London B) Cambridge University C) Imperial College London D) Oxford University
A) Territorial Enterprise B) Quaker City C) Ajax D) Alta California
A) Polar Star Lodge No. 79 A.F.&A.M. B) Nevada Lodge No. 75 C) Missouri Lodge No. 100 D) St. Louis Lodge No. 50
A) The American Publishing Company B) Harper & Brothers C) Charles L. Webster and Company D) Pennyroyal Press
A) As an extraordinary country visited by the sun, where only man is vile. B) As a place devoid of any cultural significance. C) As a paradise untouched by human corruption. D) As a land of peace and prosperity.
A) Buffalo Estate B) Stormfield C) Elmira Manor D) Hartford House
A) Sansculottes B) Jacobins C) Girondins D) Royalists
A) Harvard University B) Yale University C) Oxford University D) Princeton University
A) Critical B) Supportive C) Enthusiastic D) Indifferent
A) New York Press Society B) Sagebrush School C) Silver-tongued Orators D) Virginia City Writers
A) Independents B) Republicans C) Democrats D) Mugwumps
A) More conservative than liberal B) Socialist C) Primarily liberal D) Centrist
A) A fictional character created by Mark Twain B) Samuel Clemens himself before adopting it C) An anonymous journalist from New Orleans D) Captain Isaiah Sellers
A) Social commentary through role reversal B) Friendship and loyalty C) Adventure and exploration D) Travel and discovery
A) 1990 B) 1980 C) 2000 D) 2010
A) Military conquest B) Religious reform C) Technology D) Agriculture
A) Virginia Daily Union B) San Francisco Alta California C) The Atlantic Monthly D) New York Saturday Press
A) Faded Page (Canada) B) Project Gutenberg C) LibriVox D) Standard Ebooks
A) They were all destroyed by critics B) They were written in an unknown language C) They were never spoken publicly D) Many were lost or not recorded
A) A library B) A school C) A hospital D) A Presbyterian Church
A) The Mysterious Stranger B) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court C) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D) Pudd'nhead Wilson
A) Freedom of speech B) Economic freedoms C) Personal political rights D) Civil liberties
A) 'Huckleberry Finn' B) 'Life on the Mississippi' C) 'The Prince and the Pauper' D) 'Tom Sawyer'
A) Belgravia, London B) Sanna, Sweden C) Vienna, Austria D) London, England |
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